Plow



R. J. ALTGELT.

PLOW. APPLICATION FILED 050.29. |919.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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RUDOLPH J. ALTO-ELT, 0F SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

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" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

AApplication led December 29, 1919. SerialNo. 348,085.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, RUDOLPH J. ALTGELT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Bend, inthe countyrof St. Joseph and Statepoflndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and l do hereby declare the follow- Y ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill renable others skilled in the .art to which it appertains to make and .use the same.

This inventiony relates to improvements in plows and more particularly toa gang plow structure in which the beams are held properly spaced apart by means of braces,the object of my present invention being to provide a gang structurein which extensions of the braces between the beams shall be utilized to reinforce and in effect, constitute parts of the rear ends of the beams and the plow standards which depend from said beams and to which the plow bases are secured.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 Va rear view of a plow structure embodying my invention.

In the drawings I have shown a gang plow embodying three units, but it is evident that a greater or less number of units may beV standard members are spaced apart and con- Y nected by diagonal braces 6 6a provided with extensions 7 7a and 7b secured to the beams and are curved downwardly to conform to and lie against the Standard members 5. The extensions 7, 7a are bolted to the standard members of adjacent beams and are'of suiiicient length to reinforce said standard members and, in effect constitute supplementary parts of the plow standards. f The standard at the rear end'of each beam thus comprises two members bolted together, one of'said members constituting an extension of a brace ldisposed between two beams and the other standard member Vbeing' integral with the beam. Y

A plow base 8 is located at the lower end of .each two-part standard and'is securely bolted to both parts thereof as at 9, 10.

The right hand brace extension of brace G (Fig. 2) maybe of suiiicient length to extend below the lower end of the standard portion of this beam and secured to the plow base with three bolts, (while the other extension of this brace may be shorter thanthe standard of the central beam and takes only two of the bolts which secure this standard to the central plow base. The left hand extension 7a of the brace 6a may be of sufficient length to take two of the bolts which secure the standard portion of beam 2a to the plow i base, but the extension 7b of the brace 6L is short and does not take any of the bolts which secure the central plow base to the central standard.l

The gang frame, comprising the beams 1, 2, 2, is provided with bearings 11-12 for a crank axle 13 and the latter is provided with a spindle portion which enters the hub of a land wheel 14. A bearing sleeve 15 is secured to the axle 13 and provides a bearing for a crank axle 16,-the latter having a spindle portion which enters the hub of a furrow wheel 17. Suitable means may be provided to cause the two axles to move together when the plow frame is raised, as disclosed in application filed on the 17th day of October, 1919 by Lloyd W. Stickley, Serial No. 331,302 but as these features do not constitute part of my invention, further reference to the same herein, is unnecessary.

Having fully described my invention what L claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A plow structure comprising a plurality of plow beams, plow standards integral with the rear ends of said beams, a brace extending from one plow beam to another, said brace having integral extensions at its respective ends, said extensions lying directly against rear portions of two beams and the plow standards and constituting supplemental members of the latter, plow bases, and transverse bolts projecting Vthrough parts of said plowk bases and Vio through said standards and also through said supplemental standards members.

2. A plow structure comprising a plurality of plow beams, plow bases, plow standards vat the rear ends of said beams, a Vbrace extending from one beam to another, said brace provided at lts ends with extensions -which lie directly against standards of respective beams, the extension at one end of said brace depending below the lower end ofthe adjacent standard and the extension atthe other end ofsaid brace terminating above the lower end of the standard against which it rests, bolts passing transversely through saidstandards and extensions and through parts of the plow bases, a bolt passing through a part of one of said' plow bases and through the depending lower portion oi3 one of said extensions, and a bolt passing through a part of' a neighboring plow base and the lower portion of the standard to which it is secured and below the lower end of the adjacent extension.

3. A' gang plow structure comprising plow y beams, said beams curved downwardly at the rear ends forming standards, bracing means between the rear portions of the beams, said bracing means having extensions secured to the beams, and said extensions conforming to the curvature of and lying against the standards and forming supplementary parts thereof, bolts securing said beam standards and extensions together, and

va plow base secured'by transverse bolts to members lyingagainst said standard inem? ber and means securingthe supplemental standard members to Vthe first-mentioned Y standard members, and transverse bolts se-` curing both plow standard members beam to the adjacent plow base.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. A Y Y RUDOLPH J ALTGELT.

of each Witnesses:

EDWIN NICAR, GEORGE R. LAMPHERE. 

